{"nrhp_refnum":"70000422","name":"Pioneer Farm","other_names":["McCurdy House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Dansville on NY 36","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dansville","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.55126089700008,"lon":-77.70092489099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-12-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse, known as Pioneer Farm or the McCurdy House, on Route 36 (Hornell Road) near Dansville, Livingston County, New York, built about 1822.","why_significant":"The house is described as a landmark in the surrounding area and is tied to the history of Dansville. It was built by James McCurdy, son of Dansville's first settler, on the site of the town's first dwelling. It survives largely intact as an example of an early 19th century western New York farmhouse.","narrative":"Pioneer Farm, also called the McCurdy House, is a substantial brick farmhouse on Route 36, known locally as Hornell Road, near Dansville in Livingston County, New York. Built about 1822, it rises two stories with a five-bay front, a central-hall plan and a rear wing that gives the building an L-shaped footprint. The brick is laid in American bond, and the gabled roof has stepped Waterford gables at each end of the main block. Stone window labels and sills, twelve-over-twelve sash upstairs and a doorway with sidelights and a fanlight are notable details. James McCurdy, a prosperous sheep farmer and son of the first settler in Dansville, erected the house on the site of the town's first dwelling. It was listed because it is a landmark in the area, is closely linked to Dansville's early history, and has survived largely intact as an example of an early nineteenth-century western New York farmhouse, although repair work is needed.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1822)","architect_builder":"James McCurdy (d. 1864), builder/owner","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, on its original site; the form notes repair work is needed and the interior is not open to the public.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.996411-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/70000422.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000422/5b581b31ff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000422/5b581b31ff-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIONEER_FARM,_DANSVILLE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIONEER_FARM,_DANSVILLE,_LIVINGSTON_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318684","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7196685"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/pioneer-farm-70000422/"}